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mitch replied to the thread Compass for scribing.the 2" Starretts are what you really want, but they stopped making them years ago. good ones go for $75-$100, if you can find 'em. -
mitch replied to the thread A Bit More Two-Step.Very nice, Sam! Looking at these closeups I never realized how much your shading is more of a banknote style, with a lot of very fine...
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mitch replied to the thread Workable Fixative.Yeah, many years ago and never thought it worked very well. As I remember, it tended to flake and take the drawing with it. Went back...
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mitch reacted to JBtheApprentice's post in the thread Critique Request First time ever showing my work with
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Hi everybody! Thanks for looking. I’m brand new to this forum, and to the wider engraving community In general. I have been messing... -
A flask I did for the Vermont Copper Company
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Squirrels
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mitch replied to the thread Question: how old are these gravers.I also knew a guy in Denver who did the plates for 'real engraved' (which was mostly what we'd call etched) stationery. It was an...
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Hello Alfredo, A little over 45 years ago I had the good fortune to spend time working at the now long-gone Brown's Engraving in...
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mitch replied to the thread How to undercut a small circle and a few other newbie questions....There's really not any special "secret trick" for this sort of inlaying (at least not that I know of and there aren't many tricks I...
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mitch replied to the thread Cherishing milestones.You're on the way. May you enjoy many more moments of "Hey, I did that!".
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Hello gentlemen, This is a design by Sam Alfano so I realize its significantly easier standing on the shoulders of masters. Never the...
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mitch replied to the thread How to undercut a small circle and a few other newbie questions....It depends on how big a circle or dot, and how hard the metals are that you're engraving & inlaying. With a small circle or dot in soft...
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mitch reacted to Sinterklaas's post in the thread Help, please: Looking for Guidance in New Jersey with Like.
My suggestion would be to take the class at GRS first. If you dont like it (the engraving business) then you didn't spend money on...
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mitch replied to the thread ColtSAA photo overflow...Exquisite! Will it be blued or?
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mitch replied to the thread Colt SAA cased.In the TV show "Mad Men", the main character is Don Draper, the creative director for a Madison Ave advertising firm, circa 1960...
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